Government reform of private-rented sector: Delay gives landlords
2-year open season on tenants

Sinn Fein South Dublin County Councillor Seán Crowe said that the
Government's two-year time-frame in which to reform the
private-rented sector announced by Housing Minister Bobby Molloy
today (Friday) ``gives unscrupulous landlords a two-year open
season on vulnerable tenants''.

Cllr Crowe said:

``Housing Minister Bobby Molloy might argue that the delay will
give landlords time to clean up their act. I am currently
dealing with the illegal eviction in Clondalkin of a woman with
two children in Christmas week. One of the children was a
4-week-old baby. That sort of landlord is more likely to see the
two-year time frame as a breathing space in which to get rid of
tenants.

``The parties in Leinster House must not drag their feet on
getting laws to protect tenants' rights on the statute books.''